The sacred island of Delos was,
in the myths, the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. Today
the island is uninhabited: it is a vast archaeological site
whose superb monuments draw thousands of visitors in pilgrimage
to what was, for a thousand years or so after the ninth century
BC, the political and religious centre of the Aegean.
The archaeological site covers almost the entire island,
starting on the west side, where the sacred harbour was.
From the harbour, a majestic sacred way led to the Sanctuary
of Apollo, where there were temples, buildings. There are
ruins of four temples to Apollo, one of them known as the
Temple of the Athenians.
To the eas is the Sanctuary of the Bulls, an oblong building,
and to the north are the Treasuries and the long, narrow Stoa
of Antigonus. In the north-west corner is the much smaller
Sanctuary of Artemis, with an Ionic temple to the goddess,
and the Tomb of the Two Hyperborean Maidens. Still further
norht is the region of the sacred lake, with the Terace of
the Lions, the Letoon, the Agora of the Italians and the Institution
of the Poseidoniast of Berytos.
A little further along are some fine examples of houses and
a palaestra. To the norht-east of the lake are the Stadium
and the Gymnasium. Some of the houses yielded superb mosaic
floors with representations of Dionysus, a dolphin and a trident.
A narrow channel separates Delos
from Rhenia, where there is an important burial ground. The
museum of Delos has sculptures of the Archaic, Classical,
Hellenistic and Roman periods, together with a collection
of vases from various periods.
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